READ: 1
PETER 1:13-23
We can draw
lots of analogies from the relationship between husbands and wives to
understand the relationship between the sanctified and the Lord. When you
become sanctified you become the Lord’s holy bride. God’s purpose is to “present
to Himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but
that it should be holy and without blemish.” (Ephesians 5:27). One
important thing visible in the life of the sanctified is that she seeks to
please her Husband. The sanctified one is always looking for ways to please the
Almighty God. 2 Timothy 2:4 says: “No one engaged in warfare entangles himself
with the affairs of this life, that he may please him who enlisted him as a
soldier.” When God chooses you, He expects you to please Him. How do
you please God? You have to find out what He loves so as to do it to please
Him. Many of us who claim to be sanctified often seek to please men. Galatians
1:10 has this to say: “For do I now persuade men, or God? Or do I
seek to please men? For if I still pleased men, I would not be a servant of
Christ.” If your life is still controlled by what people say, then you
are not sanctified. Many of us dress to please man rather than God. We dress to
show that we have arrived. We dress to show that we have arrived. Furthermore,
the sanctified uses her Husband as a standard. Many Christians still use other
Christians as their standard. This is why they remain baby-Christian. The Bible
says, in 1 Peter 1:15-16: “But as He who called you is holy, you also
be holy in all your conduct, because it is written, Be holy, for I am holy.”
Make God your standard. The demand of Jesus Christ in Matthew 5:48 is a serious
one. The more you walk with of God the more you are likely to discover that you
need to work on yourself. The closer to get to Him, the dirtier you appear.
This is why the sanctified person will never become proud. It is those who know
nothing about God who boast. Today, I challenge you to examine yourself. Are
you holy? Do you manifest the qualities of sanctification?
MEMORIZE:
2 TIMOTHY 2:4 –No one engaged in warfare entangles himself with the affairs of
this life, that he may please him who enlisted him as a soldier.
